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The group, which helps customers compare deals, reported an 8% rise in pre-tax profits to £92.1 million for 2023, with sales up 11% at £432.1 million

There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year

Megan Greene said that the UK had faced a "double whammy" in dealing with both a tight jobs market and a trade shock

The Prime Minister convened the first meeting of his 2024 Business Council in Downing Street on Wednesday morning

The typical house price in December 2023 was £285,000, marking a 1.4% decline over 12 months, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said

The total value of all homes across the UK stands at £8.678 trillion

CPI inflation is a measure of how the price of goods and services have changed over time - when it is higher, it means costs are rising faster compared to this time last year

Economists expect the figures will show that Consumer Prices Index inflation - a measure of the costs that households face - rose from 4.0% in December to 4.2% in January

Andrew Bailey said the banking system had proved to be more resilient than in the past, but said there was a 'puzzle' over the share prices of major lenders

The jobs market is showing resilience with the unemployment rate slipping down to 3.8%

The housebuilder said it has seen a pick-up in reservations since the start of the year

The Prime Minister said "economic conditions are improving" when pressed on the Government's portrayal of the state of the public finances

Laura Trott said she had "different figures" when she was presented with the latest official projections from the fiscal watchdog, which suggest an increase over the next five years

A Bank of England rate setter says it's "prudent" to think that there might be a larger risk of energy prices rising than falling, which could keep inflation higher

Recruitment agencies reported a fall in placing candidates into permanent jobs, leading to an increase in staff availability

Economists believe that interest rates have likely peaked, and will start to fall at some point this year

The Bank of England has been selling off Government debt in a bid to reduce inflation for the last two years

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development revised down its predictions for headline UK inflation to average 2.8% in 2024 and 2.4% in 2025, from the 2.9% and 2.5% respectively forecast in November

This week Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that Labour would not be reversing the Conservative's scrapping of the banker bonus cap if they got back into power

The UK's approach to artificial intelligence has become too narrowly focused on AI safety and the threats the technology could pose, rather than its benefits, meaning it could "miss out on the AI goldrush", a House of Lords Committee has warned

The Bank of England has paused the base rate at its current level of 5.25% for the fourth time, giving millions of homeowners relief over rising mortgage payments - but borrowing costs remain at a 16-year high

The Bank of England has paused its base rate for the fourth time in a row at 5.25% - we explain what this means for your mortgage, savings and if you have credit card or loan

The number of company insolvencies hit a 30-year high in 2023 as firms suffered amid high interest rates and cost pressures

We round up all the key financial announcements and deadlines coming up in February, including the final cost of living payment, the latest interest rate decision and an update for energy bills

The "effective" interest rate - the actual interest paid on newly-drawn mortgages - fell from 5.34% in November to 5.28% in December, the first drop since November 2021